وَمَهمَهٍ قَد قَطَعتُ طامِسَهُ

قَفرٍ عَلى الهَولِ وَالمُحاماةِ

A perilous journey I had undertaken

Across a wasteland of awe and tribulation

بِحُرَّةٍ جَسرَةٍ عُذافِرَةٍ

خَوصاءَ عَيرانَةٍ عَلَنداةِ

With a lively, striding, nimble she-camel

A feral, desert-bred beast

تُبادِرُ الشَمسَ كُلَّما طَلَعَت

بِالسَيرِ تَبغي بِذاكَ مَرضاتي

At dawn, as soon as the sun would rise

She would set out seeking to please me

يا ثاقُ خُبّي بِنا وَلا تَعدي

نَفسَكِ مِمّا تَرَينَ راحاتِ

O faithful companion, do right by us, do not cross

Your soul beyond what you can endure

حَتّى تُناخي بِنا إِلى مَلِكٍ

تَوَّجَهُ اللَهُ بِالمَهاباتِ

Until you bring us to a sovereign

Whom God has crowned with reverence

عَلَيهِ تاجانِ فَوقَ مَفرِقِهِ

تاجُ جَلالٍ وَتاجُ إِخباتِ

Upon his head, two crowns above his temples

A crown of majesty, a crown of devotion

يَقولُ لِلريحِ كُلَّما عَصَفَت

هَل لَكِ يا ريحُ في مُباراتي

He says to the wind, whenever it blows tempestuous:

"Do you have it in you, O wind, to compete with me?"

مَن مِثلُ مَن عَمُّهُ الرَسولُ وَمَن

أَخوالُهُ أَكرَمُ الخُؤولاتِ

Who can compare to one whose uncle is the Messenger and whose

Maternal uncles are the most honorable of allies?